52 of 2014 - Week 03

52 of 2014 - Week 03

Theme was Group Photos. Monster High dolls amuse me. They are so odd and colorful.

52 of 2013 - Week 47

52 of 2013 - Week 47. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'How to Group Your Photographs'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Alphabet Soup'. I didn't follow either theme, really. My father put this little car together for his model train set. It is so tiny. I remember him making it and being enchanted by it. I must have been 8, or younger. My dad gave it to me, several weeks ago, surprised that I wanted it. It means a great deal to me, not because of what it is, but because of who he is. I have such amazing childhood memories. I'm so thankful for having wonderful parents who gave me a fantastic childhood.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 46

52 of 2013 - Week 46. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Posing Tips'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'One Dominant Color'. This is as close to poppies as Lego gets. Remembrance Day is Monday. Lest we forget.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 35

52 of 2013 - Week 35. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Finding the Light to Enhance Your Photography'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Reflections'.  Here is another week I didn't manage to follow themes for.  So here is a close up shot of a Blokus game.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 31

52 of 2013 - Week 31. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Back to Basics: ISO'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Frame Within a Frame'. Okay, well I didn't manage either of these themes. But here is Spectra Vondergeist from Monster High. Because she's cool.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 25

52 of 2013 - Week 25. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Understanding Contrast'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Cloning'. I think I've covered both topics with one photo again. I cloned out pink sock monkey's tail. It was a little bit of white that looked more like a bunny tail, coming out to the left of the pink monkey. Edited with Photoshop to clone out the tail, and sharpen. Edited with PicMonkey for the Urbane Filter, which I'm terribly guilty of over-using.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 23

52 of 2013 - Week 23. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Mastering Composition'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Playing Catch Up'.  I don't know if any of these three capture the themes or not.  I must be covering one theme or other in playing catch up.  I just liked these shots.  So here they are.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 17

52 of 2013 - Week 17. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'How To Make the Eyes Pop'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Fun With Bokeh'. My beautiful girl and one of her toys, which, I'll admit, is edited with PicMonkey for the Bokeh effect. I just cannot manage to do bokeh with my camera without also spending hours on it and making myself insane.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 15

52 of 2013 - Week 15. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Capturing Reflections in Photography'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Macro Photography'. You'd never know this was a cheap little 25 cent ring that my daughter bought for me at a toy store, last summer. Looks much cooler in the picture, eh? And speaking of my daughter... a willing model, yet again!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 14

52 of 2013 - Week 14. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Attention to Detail in Photography'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Feet'. These are shots of Weeb's little Lego Friends. I love how different they are (though there are a couple of twins in the group).

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 12

52 of 2013 - Week 12. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Capturing the Rainbow - How To Get the Best Color in Your Photos'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Zoom By Foot vs. By Lens'. Everyone has a monkey tree in their backyard, right? I'm surprised how different the shot looks when the object is shot close up, rather than zoomed in by lens, from a few feet away. The colorful object is one of Weeb's toys. Wasn't feeling 'it', this week.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 10

52 of 2013 - Week 10. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Pinhole Photography'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Diptych or Triptych Photography'. I had no desire to make a pinhole camera, though it seems quite easy, so I found a Photoshop edit that would work. There is a fantastic tutorial, here. The snowdrops photo was edited in March, but the photo was taken in February. There is a post of the original, in a previous post. The photo of the boats was also edited in March, but was taken in January - I hadn't intended to use the photo at all, but it seemed to work well after the edit. The first shot is a diptych of Monster High vs. Barbie.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 9

52 of 2013 - Week 9. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Green'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Architecture and the Golden Spiral'. When I was around 5, my father made a doll house for me. He painted it green, which was my favorite color, as a child. We had this bright green paint that he used for a lot of things he made for us. I love that bright green color, mostly because it reminds me of an amazing childhood. My mother kept the doll house for over 35 years, just in case she had a granddaughter. My daughter is 7 now and has been playing with it for several years. It is a beautiful doll house that I will very likely keep, as my mother did, just in case.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 6

52 of 2013 - Week 6. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Tips For Using Shadows in Photography'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Me and My Shadow'. Convenient! Weeb bought a Monster High doll with her very own money, this past weekend. She's bought things with her own money before, but we've never planned ahead and actually brought her money with us to the toy store. The doll she picked had this little creature in with it. Funny little fellow, eh? My thanks to my handsome hunny for helping me out with the lighting. Sometimes two arms and one brain is not enough.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 364

366 of 2012 - Day 364. Wonko has been playing Lego Batman with Weeb for the past few months. She loves Cat Woman. We were quite delighted to find a Batman / Catwoman Lego set for her for Christmas. It's rather funny listening to a 7 year old acting out what she imagines Cat Woman would act like.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 365 Challenge Photo Scavenger Hunt.

366 of 2012 - Day 363

366 of 2012 - Day 363. My folks gave Weeb a large Lego Friends set for Christmas, this year. She put the whole thing together with very minimal help - I was super impressed with her!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 365 Challenge Photo Scavenger Hunt.

366 of 2012 - Day 328

366 of 2012 - Day 328. Pascal, the little fuzzy that we took home from Disney on Ice, last night. The show was fantastic!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: The Zoom Effect.

366 of 2012 - Day 327

366 of 2012 - Day 327. Some little Weeb MIGHT find out that she MIGHT be going to see Disney On Ice, soon. We got this lighty thingy a couple of years ago when we went. They put on a pretty decent show!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: The Zoom Effect.

366 of 2012 - Day 326

366 of 2012 - Day 326. This is one of Weeb's little electronic toys. I've had a heck of a time trying to do the zoom effect with my point and shoot, and this is as close as I've got, just using my camera and no editing tools.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: The Zoom Effect.

366 of 2012 - Day 319

366 of 2012 - Day 319. Weeb's Monster High dolls.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Take Group Photos.